Brownfield teacher earns Texas Excellence Award notice
Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District honors Darla Swain an Algebra II teacher who received a plaque naming her among the top 300 teachers in Texas and mentions possible Texas Excellence Awards for Outstanding High School teachers. Selectees will be named in March and honored in Austin in April.
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Brownfield Consolidated Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Darla Swain
BHS
Carey White
State of
Texas
Austin
Brownfield
Don Hendley
Oak
Brownfield Middle School dominates All Region Band picks
Brownfield Middle School hosted 78 students at tryouts for the All Region Band with 23 students earning spots. Standouts include Ben Blake on trombone Johnny Garcia on alto sax Melanie Mendez on bass clarinet and others across flute clarinet saxophone and percussion sections. Alternates named and competition included multiplearea high schools. The district also notes Readers Digest education awards nominations for Grove instructors and Brownfield bilingual teacher Clara DeLao. The board accepted fifth grade teacher Anna Miller’s resignation and named Jeanette See to BISD.
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Ben Blake
Johnny Garcia
Melanie Mendez
Tara Quintanilla
Stephanie Johnson
Mendez
Monica Perez
Kristi Fonseca
Angie Galvan
Maclynn Locke
Stephanie Deanda
Mandi Thomas
Paige Fletcher
Ashlee Gardner
Brandy Campbell
Cruz DeLuna
Trey Morris
James
Jesse Panda
Shawn Smith
Kassie Knox
Chris Ford
Patricia Thomas
D.J. Sanders
Corey Farrar
Jamie Cheatham
Traysa Field
Brownfield
Cooper
Coronado
Estacado
Plainview
Denver City
Floydada
Frenship
Lamesa
Littlefield
Muleshoe
Post
Roosevelt
Seminole
Slaton
Gusher near Meadow yields oil on Carroll land
Kerr McGee drill on retired farmer D S Carroll’s land blew out Thursday afternoon near the Meadow Co op Gin. Early tests indicate a usable grade of oil, 40 gravity, with depth at 11,007 feet. The gusher showered Catarina Soto’s house about 2,000 feet away and covered the area with a large black spot. Carroll learned of the find after returning to Dan’s Grocery in Lubbock.
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Kerr- McGee Corp
Oklahoma City
D.S. Carroll
Meadow Co-op
Donnie Carroll
Carroll
Lubbock
Dan
Don Blake
Catarina Soto
Catarina
Soto
Lee Gusher
Brownfield Residents Approve Half-Percent Sales Tax
Voters narrow margin of 44 approvals in Brownfield for a one half percent tax to fund economic development. Ballot shows 242 yes and 198 no with funds starting July first and flowing to city mid September under new Texas law. A five member committee will oversee collected money, with annual estimates around 200000. Brownfield is among the first Texas cities to enact the option as nearby cities study the measure and set dates.
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Brownfield
Texas
Dick Fletcher
Senator Gramm Addresses Brownfield No Way Club on Drugs
Texas Senator Phil Gramm spoke to Brownfield High School No Way Club members in the library at 8 p.m. Carey White emceed as Tyler Rudd and Bryan Pope outlined peer pressure resistance, anti drug activities, and upcoming assemblies. Mayor Jackie Cargill welcomed Gramm and noted local drug concerns. See Gramm.Page 2
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No Way Club
Gramm
Barbie Brisendine
Texas
Phil Gramm
Brownfield
Brownfield High School
Carey White
BHS
White
Tyler Rudd
Rudd
Bryan Pope
Pope
Jackie Cargill
Brownfield teachers nominated for national education award
Tanya Harlan and Clarice Mathews of Oak Grove Elementary in Brownfield are nominated for Reader's Digest 1990 American Heroes in Education Awards. Their Reading Raider Program boosts student reading, with Oak Grove students averaging over 4,000 extra reading hours monthly.
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Grove
Tanya Harlan
Clarice Mathews
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest Association Inc
National Association of Secondary School Principals
The
National Education Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals
American Federation of Teachers
Oak Grove
Hendley
Brownfield
Clara DeLao
American School Board
Anna Miller
Charles Orum
Sam Chaffin
Jeanette
J.S
Harlan
Mathews
National
County homeowners urged to file homestead by deadline
Terry County homeowners have until April 30 to apply for homestead tax exemption officials said. Appraiser J.O. Burnett along with Assistant Appraiser Ronny Burran outlined the state requirements and the filing process.
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Terry County
J.O. Burnett
Ronny Burran
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